The XHTML WYSIWYG Editor For Desktop & Web Applications

Step 2 - Getting Data From XStandard

Unlike form elements, plug-in controls don't send data back to the server. To get around this, Web developers use a common technique that is reliable and easy to implement. Before the page is submitted, copy the data from the editor into a hidden field using JavaScript. When the form is submitted, the server-side script (ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, etc.) will read the data from the hidden field.

This is an example of JavaScript copying data from XStandard into a hidden field: